091313 #worm
My tongue
remembers her stories, though the
words elude mechanical recall, and
it didn't seem strange that
I was her only audience,
nor that she told stories
that blessed my tears, nor
that she hugged me and
picked out books for me,
nor that each book she
picked was penned by her,
nor that her name was
a little different on each
one; sometimes it had a
"z" in it, sometimes not....